Welcome, Pinterest Co-Pinners!

Aim for 1-2 of your best pins per day. Think quality, not quantity. You don’t want to be seen as a spammer.

Pins can be deleted for a few reasons: duplicates, inappropriate content, off-topic content, chain letters, pity-bait, blatant self-promotion that adds no value to followers, and more. Pins that don’t perform well are also removed.

Check the board before you pin. Did someone else pin your pin recently? Don’t pin it. Otherwise, avoid the issues in the question above.

Yes, please do. However, spammers and the people who add them will be blocked. Mercilessly. So make sure the pinner you invite is a quality pinner. See the next question for how to identify quality pinners.

Quality pinners are real people, not spammers or bots, who are active on Pinterest. There are a few red flags to look out for. These will help you know if a Pinterest account is a spammer or a bot:

1. Fewer than 1k pins
2. Dozens of boards with only a few pins per board
3. Low to no followers
4. Unpersonalized board names
5. Pins don’t match the theme of the board name they’re pinned to

Be safe. Add great pinners who:

1. Have boards that are about writing or blogging
2. Have at least 1k pins (to show they’re active)
3. Don’t have any of the red flags listed above

Note: Co-pinners on the Bloggers Anonymous group board must have an active blog.

Yes. A pinner may be blocked from a group board for repeatedly or deliberately breaking the guidelines set for each board or in the FAQs. Ultimately, the decision to remove someone from a group board listed here remains solely at my discretion.

That being said, I usually send you a Pinterest message to fix a problem first (when that option is available).

• Articles on how to write or develop your craft
• Writing prompts (must say “writing prompt” or offer a writing prompt in the description if the pin does not otherwise refer to writing)
• Encouragement for writers
• Author interviews
• Writer humor
• Inspiration or pep talks for writers
• References for writers (how to pick a lock, how to fire a gun, how to build a boat). Please include “writer reference” in the description to prevent this type of pin from being deleted.

• Pins unrelated to writing
• More than 3 pins daily
• Photos or text that does not refer or relate to writing (unless it is a writing prompt, in which case you must include a prompt or “writing prompt” in the description)
• Hard sales pitches
• More than 1 self-promotion (if it doesn’t add value to the board or offer something to followers) per month
• Anything from the “Why was my pin deleted?” answer in the FAQs above

• Photo prompts and inspiration
• Text-based writing prompts
• Encouraging statements and pep talks for writers

• Pins unrelated to writing
• More than 3 pins daily
• Book covers
• Hard sales pitches
• More than 1 self-promotion (if it doesn’t add value to the board or offer something to followers) per month
• Anything from the “Why was my pin deleted?” answer in the FAQs above
• Articles on craft (pin those to The Writer’s Sandbox instead)

Bloggers Anonymous is all about blogging. Pin: marketing, social media strategies, blog post ideas, link up opportunities, customer conversion strategies, where to publish, guest post opportunities, SEO insights, photo resources, photography tips, blogging and outreach, technology & trends that affect bloggers, lead generation.

• Pins unrelated to blogging
• More than 3 pins daily
• Hard sales pitches
• More than 1 self-promotion (if it doesn’t add value to the board or offer something to followers) per month
• Anything from the “Why was my pin deleted?” answer in the FAQs above